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ser\ice. All other classes of registrants 

 in this age group have been given pre- 

 induction physical examinations, and the 

 recent order for examination of young 

 farm registrants was undoubtedly issued 

 to determine how many men in this group 

 were physically qualified for service, as 

 well as to expedite the induction of those 

 no longer considered necessary to agri- 

 culture. 



"In carrying out the recent order per- 

 taining to young farm registrants, local 

 boards and boards of appeal carefully 

 consider the farm status of each man. 

 Boards are still following the require- 

 ments of the Tydings Act which provides 

 that every man actually necessary on a 

 farm shall be deferred until a replace- 

 ment can be found. In some instances, 

 boards have previously been liberal in 

 border-line cases, and the main purpose 

 of the new directive is to have every farm 

 case reviewed under stricter standards to 

 determine whether or not a farm worker 

 under 26 can possibly be spared to the 

 armed forces. If a board, after thorough 

 consideration, determines that the farm 

 worker is definitely essential to the pro- 

 duction of food and fibre for the armed 

 forces as well as the civilian population, 

 and that no replacement for him is avail- 

 able, the board may properly continue the 

 agricultural deferment of such man. 



"Physically and mentally fit young 

 men on farms which simply produce sub- 

 sistence for a single family can probably 

 expect to be inducted in the near future. 

 Registrants who are helping to produce 

 food and fibre in quantity for general 

 military and civilian use will necessarily 

 be given greater consideration. 



"Agriculture in Illinois has done an 

 outstanding production job for this na- 

 tion at war. The local and appeal boards 

 of this state have fully recognized this 

 great contribution and have, in my opin- 

 ion, done efficient classifying of regis- 

 trants, following the Tydings Act closely 

 in order to protect agriculture." 



FEBRUARY COVER 



This month's cover picture of 

 the lAA RECORD is from a copy of 

 a photograph of Lincoln by Mothew 

 B. Brady made Feb. 9, 1 864. Rob- 

 ert Todd Lincoln has stated that he 

 considered this to be the best 

 photograph of his father, it is 

 the most widely known of all the 

 portraits of Lincoln, as it appears 

 on the five-dollar bill. 



. '-. Mrs. Lemmie Thompson 



Sam H. Thompson's Wife, 



Danghter Die On Ian. 5 



Mrs. Lemmie Thompson and Miss 

 Florence Thompson, wife and daughter 

 of Sam H. Thompson, former president 

 of the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion and Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, died Jan. 5 in the family home 

 in Quincy. Mrs. Thompson died just 

 three hours after the death of her 

 daughter, Florence. 



Mrs. Thompson, a prominent and 

 active worker in the Vermont Street 

 Methodist Church of Quincy, was born 

 in Gilmer township, Adams county, 

 Jan. 17, 1870, the daughter of Charles 

 and Katherine Schnur Dickhut, and was 

 married to Mr. Thompson in her par- 

 ents' home, Jan. 23, 1889. 



Mr. and Mrs. Thompson began farm- 

 ing in 1889 on 80 acres in Gilmer 

 township, about 10 miles from Quincy, 

 and throughout the years gradually in- 

 creased the acreage around the home 

 farm. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have 

 lived in Quincy for the last 26 years, 

 and they celebrated their golden wed- 

 ding anniversary in 1939. 



Miss Thompson was born in Gilmer 

 township April 17, 1900, and had lived 

 in Quincy with her parents. She has 

 been in falling health since December, 

 1943. Like her mother she was an 

 ardent worker in the Vermont Street 

 Methodist Church. 



Mrs. Thompson leaves her husband ; 

 five children, Ray, Sam R., Mrs. Mabel 

 Crossland, Mrs. Arthur Tenhouse, and 

 Mrs. Louise Durst; one brother, Wal- 

 ter Dickhut; 25 grandchildren, and 11 

 great grandchildren. One son, Charles, 

 died 15 years ago. 



Funeral services for Mrs. Thompson 

 and her daughter were held in the 



Vermont Street Methodist Church, and 

 burial was made in Quincy Memorial 

 Park. Representing the AFBF and 

 lAA at the services were Earl C. Smith 

 AFBF vice-president and lAA presi- 

 dent; Talmage Defrees, lAA vice- 

 E resident, and Alvin O. Eckert, lAA 

 oard member. 



The central high purpose of Mrs. 

 Thompson's life was her home, her 

 family, and her church. While she 

 travelled extensively with her husband 

 in all the activities connected with the 

 duties of his offices, she formed many 

 new acquaintances and made a host of 

 friends who remained loyal and true 

 during her lifetime. This was a source 

 of joy and happiness /hat afforded her 

 great pleasure as well as the oppor- 

 tunity to be with her husband and help 

 and encourage him in the performance 

 of his duties connected with the im- 

 portant positions of leadership he held 

 from time to time. 



• This was a great opportunity whicii 

 she prized highly, yet, for 56 years of 

 her married life, the central high pur- 

 pose of her life was her home, her 

 family and her church. To these she 

 gave her love, her strength, and un- 

 selfish devotion to such an extent that 

 her friends and neighbors, and the en- 

 tire community gave her a standing of 

 the highest order — as wife, mother 

 and homemaker. 



New Assistant Adviser 



Hired in DeKalb County 



DeKalb county Farm Bureau has em- 

 ployed Dale Phillips, Dakota, as as- 

 sistant farm adviser. 

 He will be in charge 

 of the county 4-H 

 club program and 

 the soil testing lab- 

 oratory which is be- 

 ing installed at the 

 present time by the 

 DeKalb County 

 Farm Bureau. 



Dale Phillips 



A graduate of 

 Iowa State College. 

 Phillips has taught 

 vocational agriculture for six years at 

 Hinckley, during which time he was 

 also a 4-H club leader. While at 

 Hinckley he developed an outstanding 

 program in the way of extensive agri- 

 cultural projects. 



Since leaving the vocational field, 

 Phillips was employed for a time as dis- 

 trict sales manager for the DeKalb 

 Agricultural Association. More re- 

 cently he has been engaged in farming 

 in Stephenson county. He began work 

 during the first part of January as as- 

 sistant farm adviser in DeKalb county. 



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